02358naa a2200313 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400440006010000200010424501360012426000090026052014260026965000110169565000220170665000140172865300160174265300210175870000150177970000200179470000260181470000170184070000170185770000130187470000190188770000200190670000200192670000230194677300750196921443722022-11-11       2022    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/icad.125952DOI1 aLOPES, E. J. M.  aLocal abundance of neotropical orchid bees in Amazon forests not related to large-scale climate suitability.h[electronic resource]  c2022  aOne of the main objectives of ecology is to understand how species abundance varies in space. Throughout the distribution of a species, a population is expected to increase its abundance where environmental conditions are most suitable for survival and reproduction. It is possible to evaluate environmental suitability and species distribution with ecological niche modelling regarding predictors of interest. Suitability measures derived from ecological niche models have primarily been used as proxies for abundance, mainly for conservation purposes. However, the suitability?abundance pattern is far from general, with several local biotic and abiotic factors and demographic causes that may interfere with this relationship. We evaluated the relationship between suitability and the local abundance of four Eulaema (Apidae: Euglossini) species. We modelled the ecological niche of the species and evaluated its relationship to local abundance values across the Amazon Forest. Given our results, there was no significant relationship between climate suitability and abundance. We used quantile regression to examine whether climate suitability limited species abundance, which confirmed our result that climate suitability model estimates are not related to the abundance of Eulaema species. Our results suggest that the relationship between climatic suitability and abundance cannot be generalised to the orchid bee.  aAbelha  aFloresta Tropical  aOrquídea  aAbundância  aNicho ecológico1 aVILELA, B.1 aBRITO, T. de F.1 aMOURA, T. do S. A. de1 aNEMÉSIO, A.1 aMAUES, M. M.1 aKRUG, C.1 aMARTINS, M. B.1 aSILVA, D. de P.1 aDOBROVOLSKI, R.1 aOLIVEIRA, F. F. de  tInsect Conservation and Diversitygv. 15, n. 6, p. 693-703, Nov. 2022.